Æthelstan Mannessune
Æthelstan Mannessune | |
|---|---|
| Born | unknown |
| Died | c. 986 |
| Known for | Patronage of Ramsey Abbey; father of Bishop Eadnoth |
| Spouse | Spouse name is unknown |
| Children | Godric, Eadnoth, Ælfwaru and Ælfwyn; Ælfwae (uncertain) |
| Parent | Manne the Priest |
Æthelstan Mannessune (died c. 986) was a landowner and monastic patron in late 10th-century Anglo-Saxon England, coming from a family of secularised priests. Remembered by Ely Abbey as an enemy, he and his family endowed Ramsey Abbey and allegedly provided it with a piece of the True Cross. His children became important in their own right, one of them, Eadnoth, becoming Abbot of Ramsey and Bishop of Dorchester, and another becoming abbess of Chatteris nunnery.